Hedrick's Exotic Animal Farm brought a selection of its baby exotic
animals to the Boone County Fair on Friday. The animals were part of
the fair's petting zoo. Featured animals included an alpaca, a llama, a
Patagonian cavy, a miniature zebu, potbellied pigs, an emu and a giraffe.

Eight people, four of them children, were killed in a wrong-way collision between a minivan and two other cars on the Taconic State Parkway in New York. The children who died were 2, 5, 7 and 9 years old and were all related, according to police.

Police in San Antonio were called to the home of Otty Sanchez around 5 a.m. on Sunday. Police said they arrived to find a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated, his mother screaming that the devil told her to do it.

Steve Terry, 54, of Lexington, and Jack Uhrig, 55, of Marshall, competed in the
Show-Me State Games' track and field competition Saturday night. They have been taking part in the event since 1993, but they have been competing against each other since 1967.

Spaniard Alberto Contador won his second Tour de France, and Lance Armstrong wound up in third place. Although Contador and Armstrong experienced some tension in Astana team meetings early on, it seemed to fade as the race moved forward.